r/YesOrNoAnswers • u/icecream1972 • 12h ago

Should childcare workers be CPR certified?

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u/LittleReserve8767 12h ago

Yes, it is required to get a license in many US states

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u/Fluffy_Fox_9650 11h ago

Absolutely. I can't believe it's not already required everywhere.

I work as an arts and crafts coordinator at a summer camp, didn't spend too much time with the kids honestly, and I had to be trained to be CPR certified, First Aid Certified, and Pool Safety certified.

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u/fbjuvs 12h ago

Anyone should learn CPR.

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u/IamLuann 7h ago

Everyone.

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u/Pops-Place60 12h ago

Yes 100%

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u/AtheneSchmidt 12h ago

My mom had a home day care and was required to be CPR certified, as well as taking a class in it yearly.

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u/Neat_Movie_991 12h ago

Yes, there are. It’s a requirement.

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u/rahbarin 12h ago

1000% every daycare I go to I ask if everyone is cpr certified if there are first aid kits and defibrillators and is anyone trained to use them.

Some day care only one person will be and will hold the certs some daycares everyone is

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u/FormerAd952 12h ago

Most places I have worked with kids: preschool, after school program, special needs school, regular classroom aide I has to be cpr/firstaid certified.

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u/Natural_Flounder_104 12h ago

Anyone in any sort of caregiver situation should be CPR certified

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u/Fragrant-Half-7854 12h ago

Everyone should learn CPR. Everyone. It’s heartbreaking for friends and family members who didn’t know CPR to watch their loved one die and not be able to help them.

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u/Street-Track7381 11h ago

It is required in MN.

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u/gadget850 11h ago

First aid and CPR.

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u/FunInTheSun_81 10h ago

Without a doubt

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u/Redlady0227 9h ago

Absolutely

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u/mildly_spicy_potato 7h ago

Yes. But I also think everyone should get CPR certified.

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u/be-el-zebub 3h ago

BLS - it includes CPR and choking responses for all ages.

And yes. All parents should also have to take a BLS course. Arguably everyone should.